Apparently, when you make a stupid statement... kind of like me challenging the world, the universe decides that it was a bitch and wanted to slap you in the face.
The way the universe decided to bitch slap me?
Through a massive explosion that shook the entire mansion.
The blast came from somewhere beyond the trees, hard enough to shake the windows and send most of the Oompa Loompas running before they remembered that the ceiling was not currently falling on them. A second later, a burst of gunfire rolled across the distance in long, angry bursts.
Not the slow pop of someone taking careful shots at zombies.
This was people trying very hard to kill other people.
Everyone in the room went quiet before they went back to doing whatever it was that they were doing before the blast, but I was already moving toward the front of the house.
